Working Group to Prepare the
Draft American Declaration
on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

THIRD MEETING OF NEGOTIATIONS
IN THE QUEST FOR POINTS OF CONSENSUS

Padilha Vidal Room
April 28 to 30, 2004
 

AGENDA
 

Wednesday, April 28
8:00 a.m.	Registration of participants
9:30 a.m.	OPENING SESSION Remarks by the Assistant Secretary General of the OAS, Ambassador Luigi R. Einaudi Remarks by a representative of the indigenous peoples Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group, Ambassador Juan León Alvarad
10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	FIRST WORK SESSION:	Section Three: Cultural Identity (continued)
3:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m.	SECOND WORK SESSION:	Section Three: Cultural Identity (continued)
Thursday, April 29
9:30 a.m. - 2:00 p.m.	THIRD WORK SESSION:	Section Four: Organizational and Political Rights
Afternoon	Time for Consultations
Friday, April 30
9:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m.	FOURTH WORK SESSION:	Section Five: Social, Economic and Property Rights
3:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m.	FIFTH WORK SESSION	Consideration of some pending articles
5:00 p.m. - 5:30 p.m	CLOSING SESSION Remarks by a representative of the indigenous peoples Remarks by the Chair of the Working Group, Juan León Alvarado

Organization of American States



Press Advisory

DISCUSSIONS MOVING FORWARD ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES‘ RIGHTS

April 27, 2004

The Member states of the Organization of American States opened their third round of negotiations on Wednesday, April 28 to seek consensus on the draft American Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. The meeting was inaugurated by OAS Assistant Secretary General Luigi Einaudi as well as Working group Chairman Ambassador Juan León Alvarado, Alternate Ambassador of Guatemala to the OAS, and a representative of the indigenous peoples.

The agenda for the three-day meeting revolves around issues related to cultural identity and organization as well as political rights covered under the proposed American Declaration.

Index of Draft American Declaration | History | Proposed American Declaration | Working Document Comparing Proposed Declaration | Dialogue 2001 | Journey to the Summit | Third Summit of the Americas 2001 | Dialogue 2002 | Dialogue 2003 | Negotiations with Indigenous Representatives 2003 | Second Meeting of Negotiations 2004 | Third Meeting of Negotiations 2004 | Consolidated Text of Draft Declaration | Interactive Version of Consolidated Text

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